Translation in to english of Hindu Prayers written in Sanskrit, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi by P.R.Ramachander

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Apamarjana Stotram

Apamarjana Stotram(The prayer for cleaning mind and body)

Translated byP.R.Ramachander

(Aparjana stotram is a prayer addressed to various forms of Vishnu as well as Sudarshana Chakra to clean our body and mind of various sickness as well as afflictions by evil spirits as well as planets . This occurs in the Vishnu Dharmothara Purana ,. At the beginning of the prayer Saint Dhalabhya requests sage Agasthya for the benefit of all living beings, the method of getting cured of all the sicknesses and afflictions. Sage Agasthya then teaches him this great prayer. The Sanskrit text of this stotram along with an introduction and commentary is available in http://www.ibiblio.org/sadagopan/ahobilavalli/apamarjana.pdf I have consulted this great work before making my own translation.Apamarjana Kavacham from the Vishnu Dharmothara Purana has been recently translated by me and can be found inhttp://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2011/01/apamarjana-stotram.html This Kavacha apart from giving the Armour also gives the apamarjana manthra for doing the meditation.)

No sorrow , no diseases , no attack of poison or problems created by planets,Or the fear of the attack of evil spirits would be experienced by ,The person who has pleased the God who was the killer of Madhu.

Now NyasaFor the chant of Apamarjana the sage is PulasthyaThe meter is anushtup,The gods addressed are Varaha, Narasimha , Vamana , Vishnu and SudarshanaThe seed is “take away problems from me”The power is Achuthananda GovindaThe armour is the touch of nails by VajrayudhaFor getting the blessings of Varaha, Narasimha , Vamana , Vishnu and Sudarshana, the prayer is being chanted

Salutations to Varaha of the thumbSalutations to Narasimha of the second fingerSalutations to Vamana of the middle fingerSalutations to Vishnu of the fourth fingerSalutations to Sudarshana of the last fingerSalutations to Panchajanya of the front and back of the palm.

Salutations to Varaha , Narasimha , Vamana (Touch the heart)Salutations to him who lives the lotus, Kesava , the primeval bearer of Chakra and Shakthi(touch the hair)Salutations to Damodara And the great Anantha , let there be strong armourSalutations to the short Kasyapa, the rig, Yajur and Sama Vedas which shines(Touch the eyes)Salutations to the real God who is great soul and the valorous arrows (Touch the palm)I tie all the directions with Om Bhoor and Bhuvar

(once you tie yourself , you are supposed to complete the chanting and then only rise from your seat.)

19.I meditate on Narasimha who has crescent shaped teeth , shining large lips,Toungue which reminds of lightning, who has a voice similar to roaring ,Who has open eyes showing great anger , who was shining with hair,Which looked like burning fire which frightened even the troops,Who was anointed by the blood and beat away the problems and saved his devotee.

I salute the shining Lord Vishnu who was wearing crown ,With a white body in which every organ was shining greatly,Who had made up his head with a jeweled tiara ,And wore great ear studs and holding on his hands,Conch, wheel , mace and lotus flower , decked with yellow silk, And was shining similar to the luster of the rising sun.

I visualize Lord Vishnu in the form of Sudarshana wheel,Shining like the fierce suns at deluge and filling all the world with his light,Who has blood red eyes and reddish brown hairs , who was the destroyer of his enemies,Who was shouting with his large teeth completely showing out,Who was holding conch , wheel , mace flower, the killer pestle ,Trident , rope and goad and was marching to kill his enemies like Mura.

He who is fond of his devotees, He who is divine, He who is Vishwaksena*,He who holds the Saranga bow , He who never gets diminished,He who is fast , He who is a fish and he who killed Madhu. *A form of Vishnu with head of an elephant.

Let Anirudha, Pradhyumna , Sankakarshana and Vasudeva,Who are the primeval ones according to the great books,Understanding all the types of miseries that I am undergoing,Give me the pleasure of their love and remove all sorts of sufferings,And show me the proper path of life that I have to undertake,.

Let recitation of the story of the boyhood of Lord Vishnu,Destroy the trouble created by ferocious scorpion.The very ferocious planets and the evil female spirits,As well the trouble created by powerful planets.

Oh Sudarshana , you are the Lord of the three worlds,Please destroy bad ones , asuras , as you hold,The Sharp , limitless and very speedy power to destroy.,And also please cut off very powerful fevers.

This weapon of the prayer of cleansing is empowered by the names of Vishnu,And these Dhurba grasses growing out of the body of the Vishnu,Are similar to the Lord Janardhana himself and come of their own accord,And have destroyed my bad qualities without leaving a bit ,Making me live without problems as per the words of Hari.